Shadow of the Beautiful World

Chapter 699: 3. Tangle

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"I think that with the development and progress of science and technology, the traditional production model will inevitably be replaced by a more advanced system. This is just a matter of time. I guess what you really want to ask is actually about what will happen after the popularization of intelligent industrial robots. Unemployment."

On the projection in front of Merlin, Lex Luther in a black suit is being interviewed by Eddie Bullock, and compared to the casual attitude of Tony in the interview, Luther is very formal , Very serious.

Faced with the question raised by Eddie Brock, Luther did not choose to evade, but instead used his signature sensible tone to answer directly:

"My answer is that this is inevitable. At any time, large-scale unemployment is a problem that is difficult to solve perfectly. This time the production technology innovation will definitely have an impact on the traditional manufacturing industry, but it has an impact on businessmen and For the government, it is also a good opportunity to adjust the industrial structure."

"As for the unemployed, I don't think they need to panic."

"Artificial intelligence and intelligent machinery industry is an emerging industry, and its potential is undoubtedly very huge. The development of this industry and the improvement of related industrial chains will also generate a lot of jobs. Intelligent robots are not omnipotent, they undertake It is more basic work, which will liberate a lot of manpower, and these manpower can be used in places that are more in need and can create more value."

Luther spread his hands, he said:

"For example, service industry, Barabara Barabara."

"Luther, how dare you say anything."

In the office of the Trident Building, Merlin looked at Lex Luther, who was talking in the projection. This interview was almost 10 days ago, and there were several newspapers on the desk of Merlin. The headline of the top newspaper is explosive.

"Lex: Cold-Blooded Merchant or Hypocrisy"

"Look, the Gotham Daily has begun to speak out against Luther."

Merlin picked up the newspaper and he said to Icarus:

"I think what he said in the interview can't be wrong, but it's clear that not everyone views it with the same perspective as me. Workers who are worried about unemployment have begun to protest, and the looming unions have also started to connect in large numbers. By the way, the future of Lex Group and Stark Industries will not be very good."

"The situation is not as bad as it looks, Merlin."

Icarus projected two graphs in front of Merlin's eyes. She said:

"The manufacturing industry of Lex Group itself does not have a large proportion, and if the factory of Stark Industry can complete the deployment of intelligent industrial robots in a short time, then its profits in the next quarter will not be lost, and the next In the quarter, Tony Stark's wealth will increase greatly. Compared with workers, the advantages of robots' efficiency and cost are simply subversive."

"And when the first batch of crab eaters get a visible profit, there will be more imitators involved, especially large manufacturing companies dragged down by conservative unions such as GM, they are happy to see the trouble disappear. Of course, the government estimates that it will be a headache. In the foreseeable future, the unemployment rate in the manufacturing industry will inevitably continue to rise."

Merlin nodded, and he stood up and walked to the window, looking at the city in the distance.

In the sky, Victor flew over the city and saw his vision shared with Merlin. On the busiest street in New York, a parade was ongoing.

The marchers in blue worker uniforms held up slogans against intelligent robots, and some aggressive guys painted a big X on the portraits of Tony and Luther. They were very angry. They shouted slogans and tried to defend themselves. Work, not being robbed by **** robots.

"Anonymous activists have already called on the Internet."

Icarus said to Merlin:

"They are recruiting people, intending to initiate a petition to the White House, and some more radical street politicians are calling on workers to go to Africa and smash the smart industrial park of Onika Group. Several presidential candidates have also been very Actively, they gave speeches in various places and promised to the people that they would take an injunction order against intelligent industrial robots in order to draw people's hearts."

"what's the point?"

Standing by the window, Merlin, who seemed silent, said suddenly:

"Do they do this... is it useful? Will their bosses give up using machines that would make them more money and worry more because of protest?"

"Luther is right, this is an unstoppable trend, not now, but also in the future, it will break through all obstacles in a mighty way, and anyone who is in front of it will be ruthlessly crushed to death This is not the conspiracy of the unscrupulous boss, or even the pain caused by technology, it is the demand for the progress of civilization, just like the previous two industrial revolutions."

"It's never been tender..."

"Not to mention, these people simply don’t know the meaning behind the promotion of intelligent industrial robots. They don’t know that in other corners of the world, there are already millions of free intelligent machines in the chaotic period of chaos, and those **** fire sources of energy Still active, it will bring more unstable factors, and that is just the beginning..."

"They don't know that there is already a group of outsiders in this world... A crisis is brewing that may affect the entire world."

Merlin shook his head, he stroked the glass, he sighed:

"The World Security Council also weighs the pros and cons. I would love to tell them what I really want, but I can't. At least this time, no one will support them... a lot of people will lose their jobs, a lot of people will be displaced, a lot of people will Feeling pain."

"And all this..."

Merlin closed his eyes:

"It was caused by me."

"Don't try to carry all the pots on yourself, Merlin, this will only increase your psychological burden."

Icarus persuaded:

"The situation at the time was not under your control. If Megatron took away the fire source, the situation would only be worse. Those crazy robots might choose to rebuild Cybertron on Earth, which means war, terrible war. , More people will die, and you prevent that future."

"This can't reduce my guilt."

Merlin took a breath and said:

"So, let's do something more meaningful. Is the charity grant of the Future Technology Foundation in place?"

"Well, it's already in place, and now there is a steady stream of charity money being stored."

Icarus projected a statistics table, and she said to Merlin:

"The money will be used to improve the lives of unemployed workers, provide them with reemployment training, and work intermediary services. In addition, several raw material processing plants invested in the name of the Onika Group, as well as intelligent machinery production Downstream factories in the system are also on the agenda, and they will recruit new employees from the unemployed."

"But it's just a lot of money..."

"I know."

Merlin looked at the charts and he said:

"But it's better than nothing. Pierce also said he would lobby the government to take some tax cuts for the unemployed...how much of my deposit?"

"are you crazy?"

Icarus's tone became weird:

"You still have to raise a family...Cuckoo's cat food, Frank's dog food, and the food and clothing of your sisters, the materials you need to study magic yourself, and some maintenance materials I need. , These are considerable expenses."

"Stay a little, and donate it all."

Merlin waved his hand and said:

"I'm a wizard, and I have a way to make money."

Icarus was silent for a few seconds, and on the projection in front of Merlin's eyes, his deposit was reduced from a considerable amount to a precarious level.

Frankly, it hurts.

"Ah, a headache."

Merlin rubbed his forehead. He took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. He said:

"I'm going to see Elsa tomorrow, I have to prepare a gift, um... to save money, go to my sister's house for a meal today."

"Player!"

Icarus commented mercilessly, but Merlin didn't care.

A few hours later, Mei Lin drove three younger sisters to the Queens. Mei had already prepared dinner, and the family sat together, eating and talking.

"Alas, the company has been in a bad situation recently."

In recent years, some benevolent notebooks picked up a table cloth and wiped his mouth.

"Our boss is preparing to purchase a batch of Onika's intelligent industrial robots to replace some of the employees in the workshop. As a result, everyone is very unhappy. When I got off work today, I heard that someone was already preparing to strike."

"Don't stay with them."

While rubbing the food around Peter’s mouth, May said:

"You take your class well, you are an engineer, and even a layoff will not cut you."

"This is hard to say."

Ben laughed and put a piece of meat on Laura's plate without saying a word, he said:

"Our boss, thinking about cost control all day long, is going crazy. He may use this opportunity to squeeze our wages hard. Anyway, there are already robots. It doesn't matter if we employees or not ."

"Don't be so pessimistic, Ben."

Merlin was drinking soup with a spoon. He said:

"Robots are not omnipotent. The intelligent industrial robots produced by Onika Group this time can only do some basic industrial processing. They still need the cooperation of skilled workers."

"Speaking of it, if you are not happy there, I may be able to find a few friends and offer you a new job."

Merlin said to his brother-in-law:

"Onika Group is recently recruiting experienced engineers to perform routine maintenance and repairs on their intelligent industrial robots. I heard that the treatment is quite good."

"Merlin!"

May looked at her brother nervously, but she knew her brother's true identity. The matter of Richard and Mary made May not have a good opinion of the secret organization. She worried that the younger brother would pull her husband into that system.

"Don't worry, the Onika Group has nothing to do with us."

Merlin clapped her sister's hand, indicating that she could rest assured, and he looked at Ben again, who was obviously hesitant.

Ben is a very emotional person. The death of Richard and Mary once caused Ben to collapse. He also has feelings for the place where he has worked for more than ten years. It is still difficult for him to choose.

"I think about it again."

Ben didn't make a decision in the end. The gentle brother-in-law was occasionally indecisive, but he was indeed a really good person.

"it's OK."

Merlin smiled at Ben. He said:

"You need to call me at any time. Ben, we are all a family and don't need to be too polite."

After eating, Merlin washes the dishes in the kitchen. Ben took Little Peter and a few children to go around, eat and drink, and bought something by the way.

"Your mood looks bad, brother."

Mei leaned against the kitchen door. She looked at the silent dishwashing Mei Lin. She said:

"What happened?"

"No..."

Merlin instinctively denied, but he also thought that the people around him were the people he trusted most, so after a while, he sighed and stacked the washed dishes aside, he said:

"Okay, some things, some things I can't tell you, sister... I used to make some decisions that I don't know is right or wrong, and now, this decision has brought results, it will have an impact, good The bad and the good are coming one after another."

Merlin turned around and he said to May:

"It may even change the world, changing it forever."

"If other people say this to me, I think they are bragging."

Mei smiled. She walked over to her brother and reached out to touch Meilin's face. She said softly:

"But if you say it, then I will believe, because I know that my brother is a great person, even if I don't know what you have done, but I know, you certainly did not do it for a bad purpose. "

"Why do you trust me so much?"

Merlin looked at his sister, a smile on his face, he said:

"Look, I have a lot of secrets, maybe on the other side of what you don't know, am I a bad guy who arranges many conspiracies every day?"

"You will plot, but you are not a bad person."

Mei took a step back and she said to Merlin seriously:

"Although I can't help you, I will always trust you and always support you, brother."

"Even if I am a bad person?"

Mei Lin asked with a smile, Mei Yicheng's serious face, said to his brother:

"You better not, otherwise I will be very sad."

"Okay, don’t think about these terrible things, come and help me clean up the room. Little Peter is getting naughty now. He always messes up the room. The child is so active now, just go with one Like monkeys, I can't sit back."

May complained, and then directed Merlin to clean up the houses with a cleaning spell.

For Mei, the biggest gain after knowing that her younger brother can do magic is that she finally no longer needs to clean the room herself...

Magic, it's so convenient.

After helping the sister to sort out the room, the children had not come back. After watching the time, Merlin decided to wait. He leaned on the sofa, picked up a magic book, and flipped through a few pages. Merlin suddenly felt To the almost irresistible sleepiness struck...

"Why is this dream again..."

He said something vaguely, then leaned his head on the sofa, and slept deeply.

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